topic informat $varying10. length-variable in SAS Enterprise Guide

informat $varying10. length-variable

woo — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 21:24:10 GMT

Hi guys i am trying to read below data with 3 variables (ssn (length=11), name(length=8), satscore(length=3)) but i am not perfectly getting right values for "satscrore" variable plz help...

Thanks!

data test2 (drop=namelen);

infile cards length=reclen;

input ssn $11. @;

namelen=reclen-14;

input name $varying8. namelen satscore;

cards;

182-04-7814aspden530

302-57-5067atwood480

152-45-5678cutchins790

302-57-1234brosp560

;

run;

Re: informat $varying10. length-variable

Haikuo — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 21:44:17 GMT

I haven't dug deep enough to find the related Docs, but my guess is length= is only work with external files, not with cards/datalines (fixed length of 80 will be assigned), So you have to get it yourself:

data test2 (drop=namelen reclen);

infile cards;